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centuries

英 [ˈsɛntʃʊriz]

美 [ˈsɛntʃəriz]

n.  100年; 百年; 世纪; (一个运动员所得的)100分
century的复数

柯林斯词典

  • N-COUNT 世纪
    Acenturyis a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
    1. ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.
      18世纪晚期的名人
    2. ...a 17th-century merchant's house.
      一幢17世纪商宅
  • N-COUNT 一百年
    Acenturyis any period of a hundred years.
    1. The drought there is the worst in a century.
      这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
  • (板球中一名击球手获得的)一百分,一百多分
    In cricket, acenturyis a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.

    双语例句

    • The herb has been used for centuries to curdle milk.
      那种香草几个世纪以来都被用来制作酸乳。
    • For four centuries, he says, foreigners have ruled Angola
      他说,外来者统治安哥拉的时间已长达4个世纪。
    • It's been believed for centuries that great writers, composers and scientists are essentially quite different from ordinary people
      几个世纪以来人们一直相信伟大的作家、作曲家和科学家从根本上就与普通人大不相同。
    • I have been listening to that for centuries!
      我已经听了几个世纪了!
    • Their social and cultural identity washed away after some centuries.
      几个世纪以后,他们原来的社会和文化特征消逝了。
    • Medicine began to turn away from botany in the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries.
      在17、18世纪的科学革命中,医学开始从植物学转而研究其他方向。
    • Through the centuries, flowers have been used for cooking in every conceivable way.
      几个世纪以来,人们以各种想象得到的方式将鲜花入菜。
    • The old fable continues to echo down the centuries.
      这则古老的寓言流传了数个世纪。
    • Over the centuries, these animals have become habituated to living in such a dry environment.
      经过几个世纪,这些动物已经习惯于生活在这样干燥的环境中。
    • The wild ginseng of Manchuria and korea, hunted assiduously for centuries, is now all but extinct.
      人们数百年来千方百计搜寻的中国东北和朝鲜的野山参现在几乎绝迹了。